page_title: Silphium perfoliatum
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Silphium perfoliatum / Description
caption_attribution_description: Silphium perfoliatum
context_page_description: Silphium perfoliatum, the cup plant or cup-plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern and central North America. It is an erect herbaceous perennial with triangular toothed leaves, and daisy-like yellow composite flower heads in summer.
  The specific epithet perfoliatum means "through the leaf."
  There are two varieties:-
  S. perfoliatum var. connatum
  S. perfoliatum var. perfoliatum.
caption: Line drawing of S. perfoliatum from An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions
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